Building materials and trade supplies distributor across plumbing, HVAC, civil works, and tools
Richter+Frenzel is a 130-year-old German wholesale distributor serving skilled trades, builders, and property developers across plumbing, heating, climate control, civil infrastructure, and tools. The company runs a SAP-heavy stack (R/3, S/4HANA, Transportation Management, Sales Cloud) and is actively migrating to SAP RISE and modernizing its ERP landscape—a shift typical of mid-market distributors balancing legacy transaction systems with cloud operational agility. The hiring profile is heavily sales and logistics (154 of 186 open roles), matching a distribution business scaling order fulfillment and customer coverage.
Richter+Frenzel operates a multi-channel wholesale business across five core segments: residential building systems (plumbing, heating, ventilation), municipal and civil works, professional tools, project-based object sales (working with property developers and facility planners), and private-label products under the Optiline brand. The company maintains 26 regional distribution centers across Germany and sources from over 1,800 manufacturers with approximately 50,000 line items in stock. Customer base spans construction trades, property managers, municipalities, investors, and architects. Current operational challenges include workflow optimization, on-time delivery reliability, inventory-to-fulfillment balance, and systematic ERP modernization on the SAP platform.
SAP environment: running SAP R/3, S/4HANA, SAP HANA, Transportation Management, Sales Cloud, and other SAP modules. Currently adopting SAP RISE and modernizing the overall SAP landscape as part of cloud migration strategy.
Five divisions: plumbing/heating/climate systems (partner to skilled trades), civil works and environmental technology via R+F TBU (26 locations, logistics-focused), project/object sales via R+F VGO (SHK solutions for developers and property managers), tools distribution via WVG (15,000+ tool SKUs), and Optiline private-label products.
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